Preceptive wisdom that has not been vivified by life has in itself no affinity for life.

There is nothing more precious to a man than his will; there is nothing which he relinquishes with so much reluctance.

I softly sink into the bath of sleep: With eyelids shut, I see around me close The mottled, violet vapors of the deep, That wraps me in repose.

Labor is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will.

The temple of art is built in words.

God pity the man of science who believes in nothing but what he can prove by scientific methods; for if ever a human being needed divine pity, he does.

Wants keep pace with wealth always.